Organizers of the Eurovision Song Contest said Thursday they reserve the right to remove any Palestinian flags and pro-Palestinian symbols at the show next week in Sweden.
The announcement came amid heightened tensions surrounding Israel’s participation in the annual music competition over its military campaign against Hamas in Gaza, now in its seventh month. Pro-Palestinian groups are expected to stage large protests in Malmo to raise awareness of their cause.
Michelle Roverelli, the head of communications for the European Broadcasting Union that runs the show each year, said ticket holders are only allowed to bring and display flags representing countries that take part in the event, as well as the rainbow-colored flag.
What a hill to die on. They banned Russia; it would have been such an easy and consistent decision to ban Israel too, especially when they started deliberately starving Palestinian civilians. Can’t wait for the PR response the moment this Genocide becomes officially recognized, “wir haben es nicht gewusst“ 2.0
They should’ve banned israel.
The Eurovision Song Contest is an incredibly easy thing to boycott
I assume they’re allowing the Israeli flag?
Israel is a competitor, so there’s no question the Israeli flag will be shown at least as a logo on television.
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palestine isn’t a member of the european broadcast union nor is it involved in eurovision why is it fitting that it would be on display?
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Western countries are financing Israel and supporting them via laws and actions such as this?
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Quick correction: Afghan flag is the proper terminology, Afghan people, Afghan rugs, etc. The Afghan Afghani is the currency only.
Good thing they banned Russia though. Totally doesn’t make them look like massive hypocrites.
Will flags and symbols from Ukraine also be banned?
Ukraine is a participant in Eurovision 2024, so no.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2024
Come on, people. I’m an American, I don’t even like Eurovision, and I still know this stuff.
I thought it was a rhetorical question
Come on, people. That was clearly rhetorical, and I still recognized this stuff.
Why would they be?
Ukraine was attacked by Russia which started a war. Israel was attacked by Palestine which started a war. You should be asking if Russian flags and symbols will also be banned if you want to find an equivalence.
Official figures from Israel’s internal security agency registered a 15% increase in individual Palestinian attacks on civilians and soldiers across Israel and the Occupied Territories in the first seven months of the year compared to the same period last year. In 2022, the agency counted 1,317 uses of fire or pipe bombs, shootings, arson, and stabbings compared to 1,522 in 2023.
How did you choose that excerpt? The headline and most of the contents are about Israeli violence. The preceding sentence immediately before your excerpt is this:
The head of the Israeli Shin Bet domestic security service was recently quoted as warning that the spike in settler attacks was in turn driving Palestinians to attack Israelis saying: “Jewish terror incites Palestinian terror.”
And the rest of that paragraph is about various revenge attacks.
Israel was attacked by
… guerillas from …
Palestine which
… gave Israel the pretext it’d hoped for after decades of subjugation, of land theft, and victimization, so Irael followed their plan and …
started a war
There. Fixed that for ya.
Palestine was attacked by
… guerillas from …
Europe which
created decades of subjugation, of land theft, and victimization, so Irael followed their plan and…
started their Holocaust
Guerillas/government. Potato/potato
You picked the wrong side of history my dude
No, I’m quite happy to not support jihadist terrorist organisations like Hamas, ISIS, Hezbollah, the Taliban, etc. But you do you if you think that’s the moral high ground
good it’s a song contest it’s not the place for politics
